Alleged Defamation: Court set to rule on case between Farotimi, Afe Babalola

The Chief Magistrate Court in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State capital is set for the case between Afe Babalola (SAN) and a Lagos-based human rights lawyer and activist Dele Farotimi.
Farotimi, who was arrested in Lagos last Tuesday by operatives of the Ekiti State Police Command, is facing a 16-count charge of defamation stemming from allegations that he maligned Babalola’s reputation in his recently published book titled Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System.
Aare Afe Babalola had considered aspects of the 104-page book, ‘Nigeria and its Criminal Justice’ authored by Farotimi, as defaming him and petitioned the Police to take action.
The Federal High Court in Ado Ekiti, on Monday, granted bail to the defendant, in the suit filed by the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun against him over alleged cybercrime.
Farotimi arrived at the court premises on Tuesday in a police security van in the company of correctional centre officials a few minutes before 10:00 am.
The counsels to the defendant as well as the plaintiff had been in the court awaiting the Farotimi’s arrival.